Pillow head cover



I Dec. 17, 1946. H. A. EAs'rERBRoKs 2,412,769

PILLOW HEAD COVER Filed Jan. 21, 1944 INVENTOR ATTQRN EY S.

Patented Dec. 17, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PILLOW HEAD COVER Harold A. Easterbrooks, Providence, R. I.

Application January 21, 1944, Serial No. 519,168

1 Claim. 1

This application relates to a pillow for the head and more particularly to a covering for the head when resting on the pillow.

Heretofore in sleeping in a cold room the top of ones head often became so cool it was difficult to sleep, this is particularl true of those having a bald head. Caps have been worn to avoid cooling of the head but frequently a cap becomes dislodged while sleeping and the person will be awakened due to the cooling of the head.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a pillow cover which will have attached thereto an arrangement so that the top of the head may be tucked into a pocket or cover provided on the pillow.

Another object of the invention is to provide a head covering which cannot become dislodged but will remain in place as a part of the pillow.

Another object of this invention is to provide an arrangement which will extend over either face of the pillow so that the same may be reversed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a pillow equipped with my invention and illustrating a person using the same;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking at the edge of the pillow-case with the pillow removed;

Fig. 3 i a sectional View on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

With reference to the drawing, I have provided from one piece of material, such as cotton sheeting, a pillow-case designated generally I which consists of a face sheet II and a face sheet I2 which are secured together as by folding as at I3 and secured together as at I4 such as by suitable sewing or the like. The end or edges I5 and I 6 are open so as to permit a pillow to be slid into the space between the face sheets II and I2. A flap I'I extends from the junction of the edges of the face II and I2 and may be one part with either of these face sheets and is here shown being as one part with the face I I.

This flap Il may be folded down over the face I2 as shown in Fig. 1 or it may be folded down over the face II. Buttonholes I8 are provided adjacent the corners of the free edge I9 which may be engaged by the buttons 20 on the tabs ZI which are secured along the side at a point spaced from the fold I3 and at a location where they may be buttoned into the buttonholes I8 to hold the flap IS in position.

If it is desired to fold the flap over the opposite face I I this may be easily accomplished while the same tabs may be utilized for holding the flap in position over the face I I. Either the same button 20 may be utilized as secured to the flap by buttoning them through the buttonhole from the opposite surface or additional buttons 20' may be provided on the flap for this purpose.

In use after the flap has been secured in position the person may tuck the head between the flap and the face of the pillow so a covering for the head will be provided. The head will be tucked in only sufiiciently so breathing may be readily had to facilitate which the flap will not be sufficient to extend over the full face of the pillow.

I claim:

A removable pillow-case formed of sheet fabric having two opposed rectangular portions secured together along their opposite sides and open at one end to removably receive a pillow therethrough, an extension fiap also of rectangular shape having one side attached along one of said secured sides and having a continuous straight free edge along its opposite side, said flap being of a width less than the width of said rectangular portions to overlie one of the two rectangular portions but part of the width thereof to provide a pocket for the top of the head of a person with his head resting on the pillow receiving portion, and securing means comprising tabs on one of said portions having buttons thereon and buttonholes in said flap to receive said buttons.

HAROLD A. EASTERBROOKS. 

